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Wind Energy Potential in AFRICA
Map of mean 80-m wind speeds for year 2000
Wind speeds are calculated at 80 m, the hub height
of modern, 77-m diameter, 1500 kW turbines. Since
relatively few observations are available at 80
m, the Least Square extrapolation technique is utilized
and revised here to obtain estimates of wind speeds
at 80 m given observed wind speeds at 10 m (widely
available) and a network of sounding stations.
Tower data from the Kennedy Space Center (Florida)
were used to validate the results. Globally, ~13%
of all reporting stations experience annual mean
wind speeds ≥ 6.9 m/s at 80 m (i.e., wind
power class 3 or greater) and can therefore be considered
suitable for low-cost wind power generation. This
estimate is believed to be conservative.
Wind potential in much of Africa is largely unassessed
at this time. Egypt is the most advanced country
in harnessing wind energy, with over 15 MWe installed
capacity. There is undoubtedly much additional potential.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/winds/global_winds.html
Wind Speeds at a Resolution of 50km
This wind map shows that the best winds in Africa
are found in the norh of the continent and to its
extreme east, west and south. Considering that wind
energy technology will continue to improve, it would
be appropriate to begin any efforts to put in place
a wind power deployment strategy with the African
countries that have the best wind resource.
Based on the wind map and taking into account certain
aspects relating to the climatological and meteorological
data, 15 African countries can be identified as
having the best wind resource in Africa:
Southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar
and Mauritius); East Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea,
Seychelles and Somalia); North Africa (Algeria,
Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia); West Africa (Cape Verde
and Mauritania). This list will also include Chad,
in central Africa, whose wind power potential derives
from its topgraphical features.
http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/DOCUMENTS/
PRIVATE_SECTOR_ OPERATIONS/RENEABLE_ENERGY.PDF
Countries
Algeria | Angola
| Burkina Faso | Benin | Botswana | Burundi | Cameroon
| Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros
| Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Equatorial Guinea
| Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana
| Guinea | Guines-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia
| Lybia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania
| Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger
| Nigeria | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal
| Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South
Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo |
Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Related GENI Resources
Links
African
Wind Energy Association (AfriWEA)
Power
Africa Wind (PAW)
AFREC
(African Energy Commission)
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